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I'm a writer. My current book is militaristic in nature, and while fiction, I kind of want it to maintain an aura of realism. It takes place in the not distant future, so the people in it have access to futuristic weaponry. I'd like to know if any of these are at all currently (or soon to be) possible.

>HALO jumps from the upper atmosphere
>Cloaking devices for individual personnel (not bending light as is seen in science fiction, but using billions of microscopic cameras)
>A system that allows a person to remain sustained through long periods of time without eating/drinking (in my book it is intravenous, but I could alter it if realism permits); something that provides nutrients and abates the need for tangible sustenance
>Pills/intravenous medicine that prolongs autonomy (ie. going without sleep for days at a time without an exhaustive/"groggy" feeling)
>goggles/eyewear that produces a wavelength of radiation that allows a person to see through close walls
>grenades that produce a large enough electric current to the blast radius such as to incapacitate others
>body armor that is malleable enough to move in, but hardens when impacted (ie. from a bullet), so as to prevent damage to the wearer

Are any of these within the realm of feasibility considering the current state of scientific and militaristic development?

>> No.4856496

ITT: aspies guess about alpha warfare technology.

>> No.4856511

Jesus christ dude, the world really does not need another Halo fanfiction story. Please leave /sci/.

>> No.4856521

>that produces a wavelength of radiation that allows a person to see through close walls
There's so many impossibilities/errors in this alone

>> No.4856526

>>4856521

Never heard of X-rays?

>> No.4856532

>>4856521
You understand how windows and flashlights work, right?

>> No.4856537

>>4856526
Please leave. Thank you. Regards, Anon (phD in maths).

>> No.4856538

>>4856486
>HALO jumps from the upper atmosphere
yes
>Cloaking devices for individual personnel (not bending light as is seen in science fiction, but using billions of microscopic cameras)
Already being developed
>A system that allows a person to remain sustained through long periods of time without eating/drinking (in my book it is intravenous, but I could alter it if realism permits); something that provides nutrients and abates the need for tangible sustenance
not sure
>Pills/intravenous medicine that prolongs autonomy (ie. going without sleep for days at a time without an exhaustive/"groggy" feeling)
5 hour energy
>goggles/eyewear that produces a wavelength of radiation that allows a person to see through close walls
thermal vision sees through walls
>grenades that produce a large enough electric current to the blast radius such as to incapacitate others
No
>body armor that is malleable enough to move in, but hardens when impacted (ie. from a bullet), so as to prevent damage to the wearer
Carbon nanotubes

>> No.4856549

>>4856532
>>4856526
You miss the point and further expose being an scientific illiterate. For example ALL radiation penetrate "walls" depending on circumstances

>> No.4856557

>>4856549

...Yes, that's true if you're very loose about what "depending on circumstances" entails. I don't get how that hurts the point though.

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>>4856549
/sci/, I hope you never change

>> No.4856567

>>4856486
>Pills/intravenous medicine that prolongs autonomy (ie. going without sleep for days at a time without an exhaustive/"groggy" feeling)

What is Caffeine for 200 dollars.

>> No.4856592

>>4856511
In this HALO stands for high-altitude, low-opening.
>>4856486
>HALO jumps from the upper atmosphere
NASA played around with this way back when, it's pretty feasible.
>Cloaking devices for individual personnel (not bending light as is seen in science fiction, but using billions of microscopic cameras)
How do you plan to have tiny cameras and screens in the same place at the same time? Even if you can do that, you'd have to update them dozens of times a second, at least, which would be pushing what wearable computer hardware can do.
>A system that allows a person to remain sustained through long periods of time without eating/drinking (in my book it is intravenous, but I could alter it if realism permits); something that provides nutrients and abates the need for tangible sustenance
...You mean an IV?
>Pills/intravenous medicine that prolongs autonomy (ie. going without sleep for days at a time without an exhaustive/"groggy" feeling)
Militaries have been working on this for ages, some of the declassified work by the US military is pretty interesting.
>goggles/eyewear that produces a wavelength of radiation that allows a person to see through close walls
Producing radiation wouldn't help with anything unless you'd have them also pick up on that radiation, and I don't know any reason the distance to the wall would matter. :?
>grenades that produce a large enough electric current to the blast radius such as to incapacitate others
Electricity doesn't work that way.
>body armor that is malleable enough to move in, but hardens when impacted (ie. from a bullet), so as to prevent damage to the wearer
There's a lot of work going on on this, I'm not up on it but some of it is, again, very interesting.

>> No.4856630

>>4856592
>Electricity doesn't work that way.

It does in videogames, remember, that is were OP get his sciency stuff

>> No.4856637

>>4856630
Crysis, I'm guessing.

>> No.4856696

ITT: Autistic sci-fi fanboy who played too much Halo enjoys pretending that he has writing ability and can make up decent science fiction.

Protip: you're not fucking Larry Niven.